ARSENAL have appointed former midfielder Edu as their first Technical Director.

DAVE REDDIN will step down from his position as Head of Team Strategy and Performance at the end of 2019, the Football Association has confirmed.

MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville says the club no longer have "guardians" and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to have a summer clear out.

PETR CECH has returned to Chelsea to take up a new senior role - although not the Technical Director job he had been touted for.

SPORTING DIRECTOR Stuart Webber insists Norwich City will stick to their values despite being promoted to the “millionaires’ league”.

THIS summer the latest batch of fully qualified Sporting Directors will graduate from a unique course at Manchester Metropolitan University.

BEFORE leading his side into their second straight Champions League final, manager Jurgen Klopp has been explaining his leadership philosophy.

KEVIN DAVIES, who enjoyed the best years of his career at Bolton Wanderers, says he hopes someone with "heart, passion and soul" can take over from rogue owner Ken Anderson.

MLADEN SORMAZ has been appointed as Leicester City’s first Head of Football Analytics.

SEVILLA Sporting Director Monchi says “Big Data is the future of football” and that engineers and physicists are more in demand than scouts.

MICHAEL JOHNSON on battling back from constant rejection in his quest to become a manager - and making history with Guyana.

FORMER Stoke and Derby manager Gary Rowett says he admires Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa for “thinking outside the box” and “pushing the envelope”.